2018 General Election Handbook - California
California GeneralElection HandbookNovember 6, 2018
November 6, 2018, General Election HandbookTA B L E O F C O N T E N T SIntroduction.3Ways to Vote.4Key Dates and Events.6General Election FAQs.7Translation Materials. 11My Voter Status. 12Vote California. 13Voter Bill of Rights. 14Voter Registration. 15County Elections Offices. 192
November 6, 2018, General Election HandbookINTRODUCTIONElection Night Results ReportingFind Your Polling Place or Vote Center8:00 p.m. – Counties will begin uploading results to California Secretary of State.Check Your Voter StatusLinks: https://vote.sos.ca.gov https://voterstatus.sos.ca.govCounty elections officials are required to submitsemi-results at least every two hours after the pollsThere is no greater right than theclose at 8:00 p.m.right to vote. Through voting, youThe https://vote.sos.ca.gov site is set to updatehelp select your local, state, andevery five minutes after the polls close on election night.national leaders, and ensure thatUpdates for the remaining ballots counted afteryour voice is heard.election night will be posted to the https://vote.sos.ca.gov site by 5:00 p.m., every business day fromNovember 8 through December 6, 2018. - Alex PadillaThe official canvass results report starts onNovember 8 (E 2) and continues through136December 6, 2018 (E 30).Total number ofVote Centers* onElection DayVoter Information Guide 2018 General ElectionNumber of Copies: 13.5 millionHousehold Delivery: 10.6 millionTotal Cost: Estimate 8.7 million9,62524,312Total number ofpolling locationsTotal number ofof precincts*39.8m25.2m19.6m58Population of California asof January 1, 2018Eligible to Register toVote in California as ofOctober 22, 2018Registered Voters inCalifornia as ofOctober 22s, 2018Counties inCalifornia*Number of Vote Centers on Election Day in Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, and San Mateo*Numbers includes all-mail precincts. There can be more than one precinct in a polling location.3
November 6, 2018, General Election HandbookW AY S TO V O T EVote by MailVote at the Polls on Election DayRequest a vote-by-mail ballot by October 8, 2018.Polls are open on Election Day: November 6, 2018 from7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.Return by mail—must be postmarked on or beforeNovember 6, 2018 and received by your county electionsThe location of your polling place is printed on the backoffice no later than November 9, 2018.page of the county Voter Information Guide your countyelections official mailed to you. You can also visitReturn in person—to your county elections office y polling place in your county before 8:00 p.m., onNovember 6, 2018. To find drop-off locations in yourYou can also find your polling place:county go to s.sos.ca.govBy calling (800) 345-VOTE (8683)Vote Early in PersonOnline at https://sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-placeAny registered voter can go to a county elections officeBy texting Vote to GOVOTE (468683)in person to request and receive a vote-by-mail ballot.Vote-by-mail ballots will be available by October 8, 2018Conditional Voter Registrationand through Election Day.During the period of 14 days prior to Election Daythrough and including Election Day, an individual canSome counties offer early voting at a few locationsgo to the office of their county elections official tobefore Election Day. For a list of these early votingconditionally register to vote and vote a provisionallocations go to https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.govballot. This process is called Conditional VoterRegistration (CVR). https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/California Voter's Choice Actvoter-registration/conditional-voter-reg/The California Voter’s Choice Act is a new law passedin 2016 that will modernize elections in CaliforniaMy Voter Statusby allowing counties to conduct elections under aCheck your registration status online at voterstatus.sos.new model which provides greater flexibility andca.gov. Some county elections officials also allow you toconvenience for voters. Go online for more e-actcheck the status of your voter registration through theirThis new election model allows voters to choose how,Provisional Ballotwhen, and where to cast their ballot by:If your name is not on the voter list at your polling place,website, by telephone, or both.you have the right to vote a provisional ballot.4 Mailing every voter a ballot Expanding in-person early votingWhat is a provisional ballot? Allowing voters to cast a ballot at any vote centerA provisional ballot is a regular ballot that is placed in awithin their countyspecial envelope prior to being put in the ballot box.
Who casts a provisional ballot?Provisional ballots are ballots cast by voters who: Believe they are registered to vote eventhough their names are not on the official voterregistration list at the polling place. Vote by mail but did not receive their ballot or donot have their ballot with them, and instead wantto vote at a polling place.What happens after you cast a provisionalballot?Your provisional ballot will be counted after electionswhen officials have confirmed that you are registeredto vote in that county and you did not already vote inthat election.You may vote a provisional ballot at any polling placein the county in which you are registered to vote,however, only the elections contests you are eligibleto vote for will be counted.Depending on the volume of these types of ballots,it takes up to 30 days for county elections officialsto verify voter records and determine if ballots havebeen cast by eligible voters.How can you check the status of yourprovisional ballot?Every voter who casts a provisional ballot has the rightto find out from their county elections official if theballot was counted and, if not, the reason why it wasnot counted. You can also visit https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov to get this information. For election relatedvideos o-resources/5
November 6, 2018, General Election HandbookK E Y D AT E S A N D E V E N T SGeneral ElectionSeptember 27, 2018 – Voter Information Guide Residential Delivery Begins (through October 16, 2018)October 8, 2018 – Voter's Choice Act counties begin to mail each registered voter a vote-by-mail packetOctober 8, 2018 – Vote-By-Mail mailing period beginsOctober 9, 2018 – Voter’s Choice Act counties ballot drop off locations openOctober 22, 2018 – Deadline to update voter registration or register by mail, online, or in personOctober 23 - November 6, 2018 – Conditional voter registration begins for electors to conditionally registerand vote provisionally through November 6, 2018October 26 - November 6, 2018 – First vote centers open for voters in Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento,and San Mateo counties to vote in person or drop-off vote-by-mail ballots (11-day vote centers)October 30, 2018 – Last day to request vote-by-mail ballot via mail applicationNovember 2 - November 6, 2018 – Additional vote centers open for Voter's Choice Act countiesNovember 6, 2018 – General Election Day!November 8, 2018 – Official Canvass begins and continues through December 6December 6, 2018 – Official Canvass deadlineDecember 14, 2018 – Last day for the Secretary of State to certify the General Election results6
November 6, 2018, General Election HandbookG E N E R A L E L E C T I O N FA Q SBallot MeasuresFor the General Election only the Legislature has theability to place constitutional amendments, bondmeasures, and proposed changes in law on the ballot.A statewide ballot measure can be approved by amajority vote of the people. Certain local ballot measuresrequire approval by a 55% or a two-thirds vote of theelectorate.Information GuideCaliforniaGeneralElectionTuesdayNovember 6, 2018Polls Are Open From 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day! List of Measures with Ballot TitlesProposition 1Authorizes 4 billion in general obligation bonds forexisting affordable housing programs for low-incomeresidents, veterans, farmworkers, manufactured andmobile homes, infill, and transit-oriented housing. FiscalImpact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averagingabout 170 million annually over the next 35 years.Proposition 2Amends Mental Health Services Act to fund No Place LikeHome Program, which finances housing for individualswith mental illness. Ratifies existing law establishing theNo Place Like Home Program. Fiscal Impact: Allows thestate to use up to 140 million per year of county mentalhealth funds to repay up to 2 billion in bonds. Thesebonds would fund housing for those with mental illnesswho are homeless.Official VOter infOrmatiOn Guide Certificate of CorrectnessI, Alex Padilla, Secretary of State of the State of California, do herebycertify that the measures included herein will be submitted to the electorsof the State of California at the General Election to be held throughoutthe State on November 6, 2018, and that this guide has been correctlyprepared in accordance with the law. Witness my hand and the Great Sealof the State in Sacramento, California, this 13th day of August, 2018.Alex Padilla, Secretary of Statewww.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/Who writes the arguments for and against the ballotmeasures that are printed in the Secretary of State’sofficial Voter Information Guide?The Secretary of State’s office does not write ballotarguments. Arguments for and against ballot measuresare provided by proponents and opponents of the ballotmeasures. According to law, ballot argument languagecannot be changed in any way unless a court orders it tobe changed.If multiple arguments are submitted for or against ameasure, the law requires first priority to be given toarguments written by legislators in the case of legislativemeasures, and arguments written by the proponents ofan initiative or referendum in the case of an initiative orreferendum. Subsequent priority for all measures goes tobona fide associations of citizens and then to individualvoters.Proposition 3Authorizes 8.877 billion in state general obligationbonds for various infrastructure projects. Fiscal Impact:Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging 430million per year over 40 years. Local government savingsfor water-related projects, likely averaging a couplehundred million dollars annually over the next fewdecades.Proposition 4Authorizes 1.5 billion in bonds, to be repaid from state’sGeneral Fund, to fund grants for construction, expansion,renovation, and equipping of qualifying children’shospitals. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repaybonds averaging about 80 million annually over the next35 years.Proposition 5Removes certain transfer requirements for homeownersover 55, severely disabled homeowners, andcontaminated or disaster-destroyed property. FiscalImpact: Schools and local governments each wouldlose over 100 million in annual property taxes early on,growing to about 1 billion per year. Similar increase instate costs to backfill school property tax losses7
Proposition 6Repeals a 2017 transportation law’s taxes and feesdesignated for road repairs and public transportation.Fiscal Impact: Reduced ongoing revenues of 5.1 billionfrom state fuel and vehicle taxes that mainly would havepaid for highway and road maintenance and repairs, aswell as transit programs.Proposition 7Gives Legislature ability to change daylight saving timeperiod by two-thirds vote, if changes are consistent withfederal law. Fiscal Impact: This measure has no directfiscal effect because changes to daylight saving timewould depend on future actions by the Legislature andpotentially the federal government.Proposition 8Requires rebates and penalties if charges exceed limit.Requires annual reporting to the state. Prohibits clinicsfrom refusing to treat patients based on payment source.Fiscal Impact: Overall annual effect on state and localgovernments ranging from net positive impact in the lowtens of millions of dollars to net negative impact in thetens of millions of dollars.Proposition 9On July 18, 2018, Proposition 9 was removed from theballot by order of the California Supreme Court.Proposition 10Repeals state law that currently restricts the scope ofrentcontrol policies that cities and other local jurisdictionsmay impose on residential property. Fiscal Impact:Potential net reduction in state and local revenues of tensof millions of dollars per year in the long term. Dependingon actions by local communities, revenue losses could beless or considerably more.Proposition 11Law entitling hourly employees to breaks without beingon-call would not apply to private-sector ambulanceemployees. Fiscal Impact: Likely fiscal benefit to localgovernments (in the form of lower costs and higherrevenues), potentially in the tens of millions of dollarseach year.Proposition 12Establishes minimum requirements for confining certainfarm animals. Prohibits sales of meat and egg productsfrom animals confined in noncomplying manner. FiscalImpact: Potential decrease in state income tax revenues8from farm businesses, likely not more than several milliondollars annually. State costs up to 10 million annually toenforce the measure.Full Text of Proposed LawsThe full text of proposed laws can be found online atvoterguide.sos.ca.gov. Copies of the full text may also berequested at no cost by contacting the Secretary of Stateat (800) 345-VOTE (8683) or by email to 2018/general/pdf/topl.pdfIs It Required to Vote on Every Contest orProposition on The Ballot?No, it is not required to vote on every contest orproposition on your ballot. Your ballot will not beinvalidated if you do not vote on every contest or everyproposition.Can a voter change their vote after they cast theirballot?Polling Place Voters: Voters who vote a ballot at thepolling place are entitled to a replacement ballot if theymake a mistake on their ballot. They must surrender theoriginal ballot to a poll worker who will void it and issuea new one. Once a ballot has been placed in the ballotbox, it is considered cast and cannot be changed.Vote-By-Mail Voters: If a vote-by-mail voter makes amistake before their ballot has been cast, the voter cansurrender their vote-by-mail ballot at the polls (or at theircounty elections office on or before Election Day) andreceive another ballot. If the voter does not have theirvote-by-mail ballot to return, the voter may be issued aprovisional ballot.A vote-by-mail ballot is considered cast once it is mailedto or dropped off with the elections official, dropped offat a polling place, or placed in a drop box. Once a voteby-mail ballot is cast, a voter cannot change their vote orrequest a new ballot.
What is the deadline to submit a vote-by-mail ballot?In Person: A voter may personally deliver their vote-bymail ballot to a polling place or a drop box by the close ofpolls on November 6, 2018.By Mail: A voter’s vote-by mail ballot must bepostmarked on or before November 6, 2018 and receivedby their county elections office no later than November 9,2018.About CandidatesHow are General elections conducted in California?All candidates for voter-nominated offices are listedon one ballot. Voter-nominated offices are stateconstitutional offices, state legislative offices, U.S. Senate,and U.S. congressional offices.What do party preferences mean when listed withcandidates’ names on the ballot? What are thequalified political parties and abbreviations of thoseparty names?A candidate must indicate his or her preference or lack ofpreference for a qualified political party. If the candidatehas a qualified political party preference, that qualifiedpolitical party will be indicated by the candidate’s nameon the ballot. If a candidate does not have a qualifiedpolitical party preference, “Party Preference: None” will beindicated by the candidate’s name on the ballot.Similarly, voters who do not have a party preference areknown as having “no party preference” or as “NPP” voters.Abbreviations for the qualified political parties are: DEM Democratic Party REP Republican Party AI American Independent Party GRN Green Party LIB Libertarian Party PF Peace & Freedom PartyWho is running for office?The Secretary of State’s Certified List of Candidates(PDF) includes all candidates for U.S Senate, UnitedStates House of Representatives, State Senator, and StateAssemblymember who are up for election.County elections officials provide certified lists ofcandidates for local contests such as mayor and sheriff.Information about candidates for United States Senatoris available in the Secretary of State’s Voter InformationGuide.Information about candidates for state constitutionaloffices and United States House of Representatives,State Senator, and State Assemblymember are availablethrough county elections offices and your county’s VoterInformation Guide.Information About Candidate StatementsThe Voter Information Guide includes information aboutU.S. Senate and state constitutional office candidates.Candidates for statewide office who have acceptedvoluntary campaign expenditure limits are able topurchase a maximum of 250 words for a candidatestatement in the Voter Information Guide. Candidates forfederal office are not subject to the voluntary spendinglimits, and are able to purchase a candidate statementregardless of their campaign expenditures -candidatestatements.htmLink to CandidatesThe Voter Information Guide includes candidatestatements for candidates for United States Senator, andfor statewide office. For more information about U.S.Senate and state constitutional office candidates pleasevisit: http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/candidates/Justices of the Supreme Court Appellate CourtUnder the California Constitution, Supreme Court andAppeals Court justices are nominated by the Governorafter a thorough review of the candidate’s backgroundand qualifications and are subject to confirmation byvoters to serve an additional term as a Justice of theCourt. The public votes “yes” or “no” to retain each justice.For more information about Supreme Court Justicesand Appellate Court Justices, visit http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/justices/ or http://www.courts.ca.gov or call thetoll-free Voter Hotline (800) 345-VOTE (8683).About Election Results WebsiteWill the unofficial election results change afterElection Night? When will all of the election results beavailable?Yes, election results will change throughout the canvassperiod as vote-by-mail ballots, provisional ballots, andother ballots are processed. Depending on the volume ofthese types of ballots, it may take up to 30 days for countyelections officials to verify voter records and determine ifballots have been cast by eligible voters. The frequency ofupdated results will vary based on the size of each countyand the process each county elections office uses to tallyand report votes.9
County elections officials must report their final results tothe Secretary of State by December 7, 2018. The Secretaryof State will certify the results by December 14, 2018.What qualifies as “a close contest” for purposes of theSecretary of State’s election results website?For people interested in watching contests with particularlytight margins,
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